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Seoul Street Food Market Tour
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History
Hotteok came to Korea with Chinese traders, but Busan gave it the split-and-stuff treatment. On BIFF Square in Nampo-dong, stallholders began slicing the fried pancake open and packing it with sunflower, pumpkin and peanut seeds over the brown-sugar core, and the ssiat, or seed, hotteok became the street snack every festival-goer carries. The stalls still work in pairs, one frying, one stuffing, all winter long.
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Common allergens: Wheat (gluten), Nuts and seeds
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 300g strong flour, 100g glutinous rice flour, 7g dry yeast, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp salt, 280ml warm milk or water
- Filling: 6 tbsp dark brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, 2 tbsp each sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and crushed peanuts
- Neutral oil for shallow frying
Method
- Dissolve yeast and sugar in the warm liquid, mix into the flours and salt, and knead into a soft, sticky dough. Prove 1 hour until doubled.
- Mix brown sugar with cinnamon. Toast the seeds in a dry pan and set aside separately.
- Oil your hands, take a palm of dough, cup in a spoonful of the sugar mix and seal it shut.
- Shallow-fry in 1cm of oil, pressing flat with a press or spatula, 2 to 3 minutes a side until deep gold.
- Snip each pancake open along one edge and spoon the toasted seeds into the molten sugar pocket. Serve in a paper cup, seam up.
Tip from the editors. Stuff the seeds after frying, not before; cooked inside, they steam soft and lose the toasty crunch that defines the Busan version.
Where to eat ssiat hotteok
Ssiat hotteok in Busan
BIFF Square Ssiat Hotteok Stalls ★ 4.5
The ssiat hotteok stalls on BIFF Square fry Busan's signature seed-stuffed pancake, split and loaded with sunflower and pumpkin seeds to order.
TrySsiat hotteok
TipQueues move fast; hold the paper cup upright because the brown-sugar syrup runs hot.
More places to eat in Busan
Not on this list, but among the highest we score in this city. Every one is in our guide with its address, hours and what to order.
- Chaoran Cantonese, our score 4.4
- Hanwolgwan Korean, our score 4.4
- Choryang Milmyeon Korean, our score 4.3
- Cha Ae Jeon Halmae Kalguksu Korean, our score 4.2
- Nagahama Mangetsu Ramen, our score 4.2
- Sogonggan Korean Contemporary, our score 4.2
More cities are in research. Want ssiat hotteok covered somewhere specific? Tell us where you want to eat.